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Roanna greeted Ethan with a bright smile upon his visit.

“Yes, teacher! I’ve been working hard. I need to be your teaching assistant next semester, after all. Since I’ve already made a mistake with you once, I thought I should work hard to change my image!”

Roanna had been practicing every day without fail for the next semester.

She was growing rapidly, not only studying theory but also practical applications, dabbling in various fields such as herbology and spirit studies.

And all of this was to ensure she could be a competent assistant in Ethan’s class.

The Ethan that Roanna saw was an incredible person.

In just one semester, he had surpassed not only the new teachers but even Claudie Hyde, who was said to be the most outstanding among the existing teachers.

Moreover, after defeating the Swordsmanship Department, he also bested a teacher from the Magic Department, so it was clear that Ethan would shine even brighter in the second semester.

To avoid any criticism while working as Ethan’s assistant, she needed to have solid skills.

The brüle Ethan taught her was truly amazing.

She was still researching the brüle, and the deeper she delved, the more she realized how remarkable Ethan’s modified brüle was.

The fact that he had simply taught her such a brüle meant that Ethan must have something even more powerful.

Such difficult and challenging things to learn always made Roanna’s heart race.

Since she first learned magic, nothing had been difficult for Roanna.

The magic she learned from the mages of the Magic Tower and her father, the Prochet Tower Master, initially intrigued Roanna, but became easier as time passed.

Her talent grew and heightened day by day, but there was a limit to what the mages of the Magic Tower could teach her.

Because of this, she had been unsatisfied.

So when she entered the academy, she had quite high expectations.

As she had hoped, the teachers at the academy gave quite interesting lessons.

But that didn’t last long.

In less than a year, Roanna lost interest in the teachers’ lessons.

They were all things she already knew.

Nothing but uninteresting things.

However, Ethan’s brüle was different. It satisfied her unfulfilled desires.

‘Her eyes are sparkling.’

Ethan read the look in Roanna’s eyes.

A gaze full of considerable expectation.

‘Roanna has a great thirst for knowledge. Since her talent is so immense, she learns anything quickly.’

It could be called a thirst for knowledge.

She had a desire to keep learning something, but she wasn’t satisfied because she learned everything too easily.

‘She must have been quite satisfied after tasting the brüle. Of course. It was originally something Roanna researched and created. It’s bound to be satisfying.’ 𐍂₳Ɲ𝐎В˧

So by now, she must be expecting something new again.

And Ethan could fulfill that.

‘Originally, it’s difficult to use Roanna in this quest to revive Prochet. There’s no relationship in the current situation, and Roanna isn’t a particularly cooperative character.’

However, Ethan had been building a relationship with Roanna since the academy.

Roanna would likely believe and follow most of what he said.

“Roanna, I’ve come to restore this Prochet to its original state.”

“What?”

“And I need your help for that.”

Roanna, who looked perplexed at Ethan’s words, soon opened her mouth.

“Um, to be honest, it’s not like I haven’t tried.”

Roanna had also given a lot of thought to how to revive this Prochet.

She had actually tried various magic spells to gather the spirits again. But they all failed.

“Do you have a method? If so, I’ll help as much as I can! I’m the prospective assistant for Teacher Ethan’s class, after all!”

Roanna showed an enthusiastic attitude.

‘Good.’

If he could get Roanna’s help, this quest wouldn’t be too difficult to start.

***

“It’s here.”

“…Pardon?”

The place Ethan led Roanna to was the forest in front of the Prochet domain.

This was where the tower of the Prochet spirit mage used to be, but now that the spirits have left, no one lives here.

Because of this, the forest had grown thick without human touch, but due to the lack of vitality, it was closer to a lifeless gray forest.

“Why did we come here?”

“Because the Spirit King is here.”

The Spirit King didn’t run far away.

‘It’s been here all along.’

Of course, it’s not in the human world. It’s recuperating in another dimension.

‘At first, I thought it had definitely gone far away, so I went to the ends of the earth in all directions.’

It was truly a great waste of effort.

Roanna looked puzzled at Ethan’s words.

“You say the Spirit King is here. Father said he had already gone far away…”

“But he’s definitely here. He didn’t go far away.”

“How did you come to know this, teacher?”

Roanna’s eyes lit up.

It wasn’t an interrogative tone, but rather one of admiration and respect.

Ethan looked at Roanna and spoke briefly.

“I found out while looking for reference materials for the class. Today, I actually came to find reference materials. For the spirit studies class, that is.”

“As expected, you’re amazing, teacher! To be so sincere about educating your students like this.”

Roanna exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

“This is advanced learning, Roanna.”

Ethan grinned as he looked at Roanna.

Ethan approached the entrance of the cave. Then he stopped in front of the cave entrance and drew his sword.

Tap tap-.

After checking various spots on the ground with his foot, he thrust the sword into the ground.

Shaaaa-!

The cold energy emitted by the Frost Sword spread around.

Crumble-.

Crumble rumble rumble-!

At the same time, the cave entrance began to collapse, and a new door was created.

“What on earth is this…?!”

A surprised Roanna asked Ethan.

Yet she couldn’t take her eyes off the magic unfolding on the door.

Inside this door is where the Spirit King is hiding.

‘The problem is that to reach there, we need to overcome numerous traps.’

And another problem is that these traps are not just ordinary traps, but ones imbued with magical power.

If not careful, one could be exiled right away.

And if exiled, one can never enter this place again.

‘If that happens, the quest is essentially over. There’s absolutely no way to start again unless you restart MePan entirely.’

“So this is why you called it advanced learning.”

“It will be quite difficult. But don’t worry. Advanced learning means I’ll help you with your study.”

And the more difficult it is, the more Roanna can show off her talent to the fullest.

‘The magic at the entrance is the easiest. It gets progressively harder as you go in.’

Of course, even the magic spread on that door, which is said to be the easiest, objectively requires at least 5th circle magic to solve.

‘My mana is too low right now to dismantle the magic circle.’

So Roanna will take on the role of dismantling. And Ethan planned to take the lead in progression.

Ethan gestured, and Roanna stood in front of the door.

Her eyes were spinning.

She was quickly interpreting the magic. But Ethan had no intention of leaving the interpretation to her.

“Roanna.”

Roanna, who had been concentrating, looked at Ethan with curious eyes.

“I’m sorry to break your concentration, but there’s no need for interpretation.”

“Pardon?”

He clearly said it was advanced learning.

Moreover, he said that to reach where the Spirit King is, they need to overcome numerous magic spells.

If so, it would mean he’s leaving the dismantling and interpretation to her.

“I’ll do the interpretation.”

“You… you’re going to do the interpretation, teacher?”

“Yes, I’ll ask you to do the dismantling.”

“B-but.”

Roanna said.

“You’re a teacher from the Swordsmanship Department, aren’t you?”

Of course, Roanna knows best that Ethan has remarkable magical knowledge. How else could he have come up with such an amazing magic like brüle without magical ability?

But interpretation and dismantling were different matters.

There are a total of six magic spells cast on this door. Moreover, they’re intertwined, so if not careful, an explosion could occur.

“Leave it to me. It might take some time, but I should be able to solve it within ten days at most.”

But she was confident. The difficulty level was high, but that made her burn even more.

Ethan gave a kind smile to the enthusiastic girl.

Then he carefully observed the magical door and took out a parchment from his chest.

Scribble scribble-.

With a scratching sound, Ethan began to write relentlessly.

Without stopping even once, Ethan filled the parchment and took out another one. This time too, Ethan didn’t stop.

After writing three parchments like that, Ethan handed them to Roanna.

“You can dismantle it based on this, Roanna.”

“…Pardon?”

Roanna, who momentarily looked perplexed, examined the handed parchments.

“Oh my.”

And she was shocked. More than shocked, her two hands holding the parchments were trembling.

“This… this is the interpretation of the magic cast on that door, isn’t it?!”

Roanna’s voice was also trembling. At least ten days. If it took a bit more time, maybe three more days.

It was certainly magic that would take that much time.

But to interpret the magic in such a short time and provide an interpretation that could dismantle it? Moreover, aren’t there six magic spells cast on that door?

“Even if the six magic spells were just there, it would take more time to write an interpretation…”

If Roanna had been a slightly more aggressive student, she might have cursed here.

“How did you do this…?”

Ethan patted the shoulders of the surprised Roanna.

“This much is basic to become a teacher, Roanna. Now it’s your turn.”

Roanna’s eyes wavered. Now her pupils looked completely like question marks.

“To think this is basic…”

If this was the basic condition to become a teacher, she decided that she must definitely become a teacher later.

“I’ll watch from the side, so just deactivate the magic on the door according to the interpretation.”

Even with the interpretation, dismantling is not an easy task.

Since mana must be utilized precisely without any error, it was virtually impossible to dismantle without excellent mana control ability.

“I’ll give it a try.”

Roanna stretched out her hand and moved her mana.

Click-!

A sound like a lock being unlocked kept coming.

‘As expected.’

Roanna’s skills were top-tier even among the students of Ivecar Academy.

‘There’s no student to compare her with. Even compared to the teachers, Roanna’s talent and growth potential are superior.’

Ethan looked at Roanna with contentment.

Now that such a Roanna had completely come to this side, Ivecar’s name could be firmly imprinted at the academy exchange festival.

Shaaaa-!

Crumble rumble-.

As all the installed magic was deactivated, the door slowly opened.

“…”

When the magic was really all deactivated and the door opened, Roanna looked at Ethan with surprised eyes. A face that didn’t know what to do.

There was no part for Roanna to interpret separately. She just did exactly as written on the parchment.

“Excellent, Roanna. You’re the most outstanding student I’ve ever seen.”

The excellent one is not herself.

“L-let’s go together, teacher!”

Roanna recalled what others always said when they looked at her, and now she could understand.

This was what overwhelming talent looked like.

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